air arm
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of air arm
First recorded in 1915–20
Example Sentences
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Archival: Germany's air arm, better known as the Luftwaffe blazes the trail for the opening attacks on Holland, Belgium and tiny undefended Luxembourg.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 7, 2023
In total, he served with four squadrons in a fleet air arm career spanning eight years.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2016
China's navy said the "air arm" was also involved, but gave no details.
From Reuters ● Oct. 27, 2015
A jet air arm would also be a threat to Dominican Dictator Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, who has 45 Vampires and the men to fly them.
From Time Magazine Archive
During the next year the Chief of Staff set the allotment of black recruits for the air arm at a rate that brought over 77,500 Negroes into the Air Corps by 1943.
From Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965 by MacGregor, Morris J.
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